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• Beddome's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus beddomei

  

  Beddome's woolly horseshoe bat is known from South Asia, and a 2010 paper added a specimen from Thailand. The Thai record is a single animal and may not represent the usual population there.

• Black Falcon Falco subniger

  The Black Falcon is a large falcon spread across much of mainland Australia. It uses open habitats in arid and semi-arid areas, including wooded watercourses.

• East African Potto Perodicticus ibeanus

  This primate moves slowly through trees at night. It has large round eyes and an arrow-shaped head, and eats fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri

  This entry follows the 2005 treatment of Batis erlangeri as a separate species. Males have a dark crown and back; females have a maroon breast-band.

• Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

  A seal of the seas around Antarctica that dives deep to find food.

• Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos

  This tiny, rather nondescript bird is easiest to recognize by its pale, bulky, curved bill. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and favors Singapore Cherry berries.

• Golden bamboo lemur Hapalemur aureus

  The golden bamboo lemur mainly eats young parts of bamboo. It occurs in southeastern Madagascar's forests.

• Bronze-winged Duck Speculanas specularis

  The Bronze-winged Duck has a chocolate-brown head and neck, a white throat and facial patch, and a violet wing marking. The Argentine SIB lists the Andean-Patagonian region and Chile as its range.

• Southern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus siki

  The southern white-cheeked gibbon lives in forests of central Laos and Vietnam. It stays in the canopy, and its diet changes with the seasons.

• Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula

  The Plain Chachalaca is a large brown bird with white-tipped tail feathers. It searches for berries and buds in small family groups.

• Swamp Rat Scapteromys tumidus

  This strong swimmer lives in wetlands in Uruguay and southern Brazil. Its partly webbed hind feet help it move around water.

• Bald Parrot Pyrilia aurantiocephala

  This parrot occurs in Brazil. Its 2002 original description used the genus name Pionopsitta aurantiocephala; the current candidate name in this dataset is Pyrilia aurantiocephala.

• Central American Lowland Forest Cottontail Sylvilagus gabbi

  Sylvilagus gabbi is a cottontail of Central American lowland tropical forest. The nominate subspecies, S. g. gabbi, is described as brown with dark and pale bands and an orange nape.

• Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis

  Adult male Australian Golden Whistlers have a yellow belly and black head, while females have a grayish back. They search lower and middle tree levels for insects and spiders and also eat berries.

• Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur Allocebus trichotis

  The hairy-eared dwarf lemur is a nocturnal small lemur recorded in northeastern Madagascar. Tufts on its ears and a leaf nest in a tree hollow are distinctive features.

• Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri

  This babbler is found in the Ethiopian highlands. Its sooty-gray body, black spot before the eye, whitish forehead, and chestnut lower belly are distinctive.

• Painted Tree Shrew Tupaia picta

  The painted treeshrew lives in lowland forest on Borneo. A faint stripe on its back helps distinguish it from similar plain-coated relatives.

• Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps

  The Ethiopian Siskin is a small finch of the Ethiopian highlands. The male is notable for its black hood and yellow body.

• Crested Capuchin Sapajus robustus

  The crested capuchin is a monkey of forests in eastern Brazil. It has a tall, conical tuft of hair on its crown.

• Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii

  The Red-headed Barbet is sometimes found in pairs or mixed-species flocks in the forest canopy. Males have bright red heads, green backs, and yellow bellies; females have blue cheeks and orange sides to the neck.

• Collared Tuco-tuco Ctenomys torquatus

  The Collared Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of lowlands from central Uruguay to southern Brazil. Coat colors vary by locality, including brown, gray, white-marked, and melanistic forms.

• Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis

  A nocturnal nightbird with large eyes and a very wide gape. It stays still on a branch by day and catches flying prey at night.

• Geoffroy's Cat Leopardus geoffroyi

  A cat of southern South America, living in grassland, scrub, wetlands and woodland.

• Brown-capped Whitestart Myioborus brunniceps

  The Brown-capped Whitestart is an Andean bird with a rufous crown and yellow underparts. It ranges from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina.